Blog 2 Throwing Out Our Bras

Lorena Labour Aguasvivas

February 6, 2015

Blog 2

Throwing Out Our Bras

The books called Where the Girls are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media was written. By the well known author Susan Douglas in 1995. Susan Douglas as we already know has a background of women growing up in the mass media. Douglas talks during the baby boom and after World War Two. Douglas feels very strong about the media dealing with the misconception of women. Douglas is obsessed with the feminism toward the media. Throughout Douglas work, she states many things that women were dealing with during this period. For example, in this book Douglas explain us that women are portrayed as the weaker sex, Douglas disagree with this she understands why women are angry with the media, because for twenty years after the women's right movement. The media companies, magazines and the sports illustrated still affects women. If people agree with feminism, they will agree with Douglas because she has a unique idea towards feminism. In the book where are the girls Douglas stated, " Throughout our lives we have been getting profoundly contradictory message about what it means to be an American women.  Our nation teach us that Americans are supposed to be independent, like Benjamin Franklin, or Thomas Edison (Douglas, 1995) (Pg.17) Douglas is a feminist women that shows this point of view throughout her book. Douglas also talks about two images that Disney presented to the audience about girls. However these two images that were presented had something negative, this image was made with the purpose of girls to look at them in the mirror and then chase the boys. (Douglas, 1995) (pg.30) This is just the way that Douglas sees it; However Disney maybe sees it in other positive ways. Since Disney is view as being for children. In my opinion, I agree with Douglas. Because if that's what kids are watching on TV, that is going to have an effect on them because, even though, some TV shows don't intend to make you believe in any way This still affects the audience. Especially the kids that always want to do what they see on TV. Douglas as feminist women portrays feminism as she sees it in this world. Even though, people disagree with her or don't think she is fair with the points that she makes. I believe she is right because she makes some real points in which us as women can identify with; the points are very extreme, but they are based on facts no opinions.